Mohave County miner., 1887-09-10

down directly upon the Admiral's q
vessel. tthe helm stood volunteer,
the most desperateuandHth bravest
OF all the pirate gang, aud at the
ports stood the logs of wood in mon
terra caps. 80 they came up with the
Admiral and grappled with his ship
in spite OF all the thunder CT his
great guns, and then the Spaniard
saw, all too late, what his opponent
really was. He tried TO swing loose,
but clouds Of .smoka and almost in
stantly mass Of roaring flames, en-
veloped both vessels, and the Ad-
uliial was lost. The second vessel,
not wishing to wait for the coming OF
the pirates, bore down upon the fort,
nIder the guns Of which the coward
lv crew sank her, and made the best
OF their way to the shore. The third
vessel, not having al opportunity to
escape, was taken by the pirates
without tho slightest resistance, and
the passage from the lake was
cleared. So the buccaneers sailed
away, leaving Maracay bo and Gibral-
tar PROSTATE a second time.
And now Captain Morgan deter
mined TO undertake another venture,
the like OF which had never been
equaled 10 The annals OF buccaneer-
ing. This was nothing less than the
descent upon and tho capture Of Pan
anna, which was. next to Cartagenia.
perhaps the mos: powerful and the
most strongly fortified city in the
West Indies. Down they poured
upon Panama, and out came the
Spaniards to meet them--four hun
dred horse, twenty-five hundred fo' I
aud two thousand wild bulls, which
had been herded together to be driy.
en- over the buccaneers, SO that their
ranks might be disordered aud brok
en-. Tho buccaneers were only eight
hundred strong; the others hal either
fallen IN battle or had dropped along
the dreary pathway through the viii
dsrness; but in the space OF two
hours the Spaniards were flying mad
ly over the plain, minus 600, who lay
dead or dying behind them. As for
the bulls, as many Of them as were
shot served as food then and there
fer the f-famished pirates, for the
buccaneers were never more at home
than in the slaughter OF cattle.
Three hours more fighting and they
were in the streets, bowling, yelling,
plundering, gorging, dram-driDkiug
aud giving full vent to all the vile
and nameless lusts that burned in
their hearts like hell Of fire. Aud
now followed the usual sequence OF
events-rapine, cruelty and extor-
tion; only this time there was no
town to ransom, for Morgan had
given orders that it should be des- |
troyed. The torch was set to it and |
Panama, one of the greatest cities in |
the New World, was swept from the
face OF the earth. Why the deed was
done no man but Morgan could tell. |
Perhaps it was that all secret hiding |
places for treasure might be brought |
to light, but whatever the reason was
it lay hidden in the breast of the
great buccaneer himself. For three
weeks Morgan and his men abided
IN this dreadful place; then they
away with 175 beasts OF
burden loaded with treasures OF gold
and silver and jewels, besides great
quantities of merchandise, and 600
prisoners held for ransom. What
ever became of all this vast wealth,
and what it amounted to, no man but
Morgan ever knew, for when divis-
ion was made it was found that there
WIS only 200 pieces Of eight to each
man.
When this dividend was declared a
howl Of execration went up, under
which even Captain Henry Morgan
quailed. At night he and four other
commanders slipped their cables and
ran ont to sea. and it was said that
these divided the greater part OF the
booty among themselves. But the
wealth plundered at Panama could
hardly have fallen short of 1900,
900. Computing it at this reasonable
figure, the various prizes won by
Henry Morgan in tho West Indies
would stand as follows. Panama,
81 100000; Porto Bello, SS00.0O0; Pu
reto del Principe, $500, 600; Maracay-
DO and Gibraltar, 100000; various
piracies, $3.50, ,000--making n grand
total of $3.50. 900 as tho vast harvest
Of plunder. With this fabulous
wealth, wrencbed from the Spaniards
by means OF the rack and cord, and
pilfered from bis companions by the